 STERN Daughter of the Voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou, who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe, From vain temptations dost set free, And calm'st the weary...  The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 299by William Wordsworth - 1871 - 568 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Virginia Douglas - 2007 - 582 pages
...the community. Helen was memorizing Wordsworth's Ode to Duty: Stern Daughter of the Voice of God! O Duty! If that name thou love Who art a light to guide,...free; And calmst the weary strife of frail humanity. The last line, "Yet seek thy firm support according to their need," played around in her mind among... | |
 | Nancy Bogen - 2007 - 426 pages
...seven lines and the final alexandrineby keeping those lines short Stern Daughter of the Voice of God! O Duty! If that name thou love Who art a light to guide,...From vain temptations dost set free; And calm'st the wean,7 strife of frail humanity! There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them; who, in love and truth,... | |
| |
